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Lincoln LS 2000–2005technical service bulletin

Bulletin 04B20 · NHTSA communication 10014674 · issued Dec 1, 2004

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Latches/locks/linkages
component
2000–2005
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

Customer satisfaction program 04b20. Rear seat latches and owner guide label for vehicles that may have a rear seat latch that is difficult to latch and supplemental latch verification instruction label which should be affixed to the owner guide. *tt

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.